by CJR | Feb 13, 2023 | Reviews
Thanks for the review, Sam! Better late than never.
by CJR | Mar 9, 2018 | Podcasts, Premium Podcasts
Our new series, The Renaissance Times, launched on Dec 24, 2017. Here’s the first episode! Go check out the rest of the series at therenaissancetimes.com. At its peak, the Library of Alexandria was estimated to contain somewhere in the order of 500,000...
by CJR | Nov 27, 2017 | ATG News, Podcasts, Premium Podcasts
The Dark Ages are ending! As you may have realized, we published our very last Alexander episode last week! Now some of you might be wondering what to do now? Well, I had hoped I’d be able to just transfer your Alexander subscriptions over to the new series,...
by CJR | Nov 23, 2017 | Podcasts, Premium Podcasts
Well, here we are. Three years, 122 episodes, some of which were a LOT longer than an hour, so probably around 130-140 hours of story. We started with 14 episodes covering the rise of Philip II of Macedon, aka Big Daddy Phil: his military innovations, his marriages,...
by CJR | Nov 17, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
The sixth and final battle of the Successors was fought at Corupedium, west of Sardis, in Feb 281. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a subscriber,...
by CJR | Nov 10, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
It's 282 BCE. The only two guys left from the original bunch of successors are Lysimachus, who is now about 78, and Seleucus, who is 76. Friends and colleagues for 60 years, they now prepare go to battle to see who will be the last man standing. In this episode...
by CJR | Oct 27, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
The scale of Demetrius Poliocortes's buildup threatened all of the other kings. So they formed a coalition against him. It was the Fifth War Of The Successors.
by CJR | Oct 20, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Demetrius Poliocortes prepares a massive invasion of Asia. He could have just stayed in Macedon and stabilised his relatively recent kingship, but he won't back down. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe...
by CJR | Oct 13, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
The Big D is finally the King of Macedon. But how long can he hold on to the throne? Lysimachus is taken prisoner by a barbarian king. And hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or...
by CJR | Sep 28, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
The Big D returns to Athens. Cassy's teenage sons fight each other, kill their mum, and then both get betrayed and killed themselves. Selly's son falls in love with his step-mother – and Selly gives her to him. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a...
by CJR | Sep 22, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Big things were happening in Athens circa 300 BCE in the world of philosophy, with the beginnings of the schools of Epicurus and Zeno – aka the Epicureans and the Stoics. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or...
by CJR | Sep 15, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Cassander dies, and his son inherits the kingdom of Macedon. Then HE dies, so Cassander's teenage sons jointly inherit the kingdom. Meanwhile Athens is in a famine and a civil war, and then to make matters worse, it is assaulted by Demetrius who had recently...
